'We didn’t make this decision lightly,' The Genuine closes its doors in Phoenix

Here's what's next for the building and Genuine Concepts

PHOENIX — The Genuine near 16th and Bethany Home in Phoenix officially closed its doors on September 4.

The Genuine restaurant occupied a 1960s Ralph Haver-designed bank that was originally The VIG Uptown and later refreshed into The Genuine.

In a prior ABC15 interview, Executive Chef Jeremy Pacheco, Genuine Concept’s Culinary Director, said the space highlighted the building’s architecture , with the bank vault serving as the back bar, a wood-burning oven showcased inside, and daylight streaming through Haver’s original stained-glass design.

Co-founders Tucker Woodbury and Jim Riley announced the wood-fired kitchen’s closure as they relocate the corporate office and accelerate The VIG’s growth, with the building sold to a loca